Seelampur: India’s E-waste Graveyard
Seelampur is the home of India’s largest e-waste dump yard providing a livelihood for more than 50000 people.
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Located in suburban East Delhi, old Seelampur, is home to India’s largest e-waste dump yard. The locals refer to it as 4 Number Gali.
A worker taking rest after work at Seelampur.
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Boys extracting metal from the debris.
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One of the workers is trying hard to come out from his electronic den.
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The pathway is filled with broken cell phones, wires, and batteries.
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House of Waste.
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One of the workers at the dump yard.
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Inside the alley one can find a pathway filled with broken cell phones, wires, and batteries. India is the third largest e-waste producer in the world, producing around 2 million tonnes annually.
Wall of Computers.
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Sorting out unused mobile phones.
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Collections of Circuits.
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Trapped in Idiot Boxes.
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The e-waste is weighted before they are sold.
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Mobiles are dismantled and packed in sacks to be transported.
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Everyday hundred metric tonnes of waste are accumulated in Seelampur to be recycled. Almost 50000 people make a living out of this e-waste.
A lady worker segregating copper wires.
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Often young boys join hands in this waste business.
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An e-waste worker breaking down an old CPU.
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Sack of withered cell phones.
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The workers are trying to extract copper wires from discarded printers.
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